"How I Met Your Mother" will be coming to a close in 2014 after nine successful seasons on CBS. But no network in its right mind is ever willing to walk away completely from a cash cow, so that would explain why Deadline reported Wednesday that a possible "HIMYM" spinoff is currently in development.

The spinoff, from "HIMYM" creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, as well as "Up All Night" creator Emily Spivey, would reportedly follow a young woman and her completely new group of friends as she searches for Mr. Right. In fact, the only connection between the group viewers got to know through "HIMYM" and the new series, dubbed by fans as "How I Met Your Father," will reportedly be MacLaren's Pub, the place the gang hung out throughout the course of the series.

With fans at long last about to get the conclusion to the story they were promised nine years ago, their reaction to the idea of a spinoff with a very similar concept was mixed at best. That apathy has been especially strong considering that none of their favorite characters is being planned as part of the new series.